I like that the game looks better. Don't really care much though, i'm glad to see Souls series return again.

And why do you say that @ Below? There is no reason to believe that especially judging from the vid, it looks like a new souls game with better graphics, it seems the new producer hasn't done anything bad and it was as originally intended/ Souls game with more accessibility.

Yep, because we all know how well DS1 was optimized for PC. Get your head out of your ass and stop posting these stupidly-veiled slanderous comments. Just because you threw a small comment about "all platforms" at the end doesn't make it any less backhanded (or dumb, for that matter).

After all the complaints that PC gamers had against the first game's port I don't think they should make a PC version. It is pretty clear that PC gamers are more interested in graphics than anything else.

they said long before the PC version was released that it would be a direct port and they were not familiar with PC development on the whole. So they admitted, before release, that it was not going to be improved and for giving a straight answer I applaud them and will continue to support them (on consoles though).

graphics might not be everything but it plays a big part of games, that said I thought the game looked good, not sure where the "poor graphics" comment came from, its not best of the best quality but it still has a nice ambiance to it and great designs(which are part of the term "graphics").

It's doubtful. They changed the name to Dark Souls because they wanted to go multiplatform, and the quality was maintained quite well in the transition. There were definitely some things I liked better about Demon's Souls, but there were also some aspects of Dark Souls that were a major step forward, including one of the most amazingly well integrated game worlds I've seen. I didn't realize how well the areas were interwoven until I started opening shortcuts and started to get a sense of where everything is located. Also, the Covenant system was quite interesting; I want to see that continue for more PVP and jolly cooperation.

One thing I'd really like to see improved is more unique perks to various branches of upgrades, such as HP regen with Demon's Souls' Blessed weapons. There wasn't much difference in Dark Souls by comparison other than which stat modifies damage.

Also, I want them to return to Demon's Souls magic system and dump the limited casting stuff. It's not terribly practical when you can run out of spell casts.

You can run out in Demon's Souls, but you can recharge. That animation can get you crushed in PVP.

Perhaps they could find a happy medium and not have any item that gives a huge MP recharge? That is, have grass or whatever that only gives back a modest amount of MP per animation. That way you can't be careless you spells against bosses or in PVP.

My problem with the limited castings system in Dark Souls is that it tends to force you to rely much more heavily on melee, and just about any other build is going to be better at melee than a mage. Mages are already going to have less health, stamina, ect. because they need to put points for spell slots and whatnot.

People banging on about PC version already? Not to brag but Dark Souls on PC looked awful on PC, and required a bloody mod to make the game much better looking, something FromSoftware couldnt even sort out themselves.

On a side note, this game does look great, surely will be getting it =)

It's nice to see improvements to the engine, but the graphics have never been really important to Dark/Demon Souls (apart from scale). The only thing I would really like is stability in the frame rate.

It just annoy's me people are looking at pixels & particles when this is a potential classic. All the graphic cards in the world can't stop Crysis 3 being shit.

i agree once again pc gamers cant shut up avbout graphics this dark souls its not about the graphics. they should of left this console born series on consoles. tired of ungrateful pc pirates not playing there own boring pc games. console devs make the best games as you can see how hyped people are for demon/ dark souls series. but if u havent played them all your not reeally a true fan of the series.

Demon's Souls was, imo, a much better game than Dark Souls. (Character/World tendency <3) But it could also be the fact that Demon's Souls was 100% fresh at it's time so that Dark Souls didn't get me that much. (still over 100h played, of course) I'd really like to know from someone who played Dark Souls first and then Demon's Souls after that, which of the games he enjoyed more.

My friend, who never shuts up about Dark Souls, played DkS first and then DS, and he liked DkS better. One of the main reasons he mentions being that armor is a lot more important in DkS than it is in DS.

Much better? That's a bit of a stretch. Each had their own strengths. Tendencies could be interesting, but they could also be a source of incredible infuriation at times.

I'd say Demon's Souls tended to have less cheap moments (not that either are cheap games; just by comparison) and had more interesting features to the upgrades (HP regen, MP regen, poisoning, critical damage, ect.). I also greatly preferred the magic MP system.

On the other hand, Dark Souls really impressed me with an incredible interweaving of areas in the game world and a very cool Covenant system. I hope they take the best of both games in Dark Souls II.

It probably depends on which game you played first. I only had a 360 when Dark Souls came out so it was the first one I played, eventually got a PS3 and Demon Souls and while I loved the game Dark Souls felt better, prob cuz it was a completely fresh experience, and Demon Souls while different, felt like another Dark Souls (for most people its the other way around but like I said I played Dk Souls first).

Looking better this far! Better graphics/animation, better scenaries (the bridge with the dragons was awesome), better combat (if such thing can be even possible) with those extra weapons slots! Can't wait to see more! Hope it will release this year...

Your welcome Xbox fans! Because of the ps3 and its fans you are even playing this game. Being a Souls vet (Both demon and dark souls platinum) I find it looks a bit cartoony. The graphics are improved but the colors I find give it a cartoony look to it, its not as dark and brooding as the previous two souls games. Not saying it's bad because the difficulty still looks like it's intact. Need to see more for final verdict but I love the souls games!

Where you fail is in the fact that d_dogg's comment, while being somewhat uncalled for, is fundamentally true while yours is not.

Demons' Souls hype had reached other parts of the world way before Atlus decided to publish it outside of Asia. The game started having a cult following early on and people from America/Europe started buying in droves the Hong Kong version which was entirely in english.

So it wasn't because of Atlus that people got to play it. When they did see the major success Demons' Souls was, they decided to pick it up and actually kinda indirectly told people to stop importing because they'd release it. To that effect they made a special collector edition with extras to sway people from buying the HK version.

I was one of the people that imported it and played it well before Atlus decided to publish it. The blurb around the game was massive, i had some people message me about the game asking how to import it.